Discovery and Invention
Who invented the electric lightbulb and phonograph?
Thomas Edison
The 16th president of the U.S. and the courageous hero who ended slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
A ______ is a statement that can be proven true.
People who have _______ have an understanding of how others feel.
Compassion
People who go first to discovery a new place or idea.
Explorers
The scientist who discovered how to make milk safe to drink. Ex. Pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
American-Indian who fought for his tribe and the land they lived on.
Sitting Bull
________ books have only facts.
Nonfiction
She became a Surgeon General to help sick children because she was ill as a child herself.
Dr. Antonia Novello
First American woman astronaut to go into space
Sally Ride
Showed farmers that growing peanuts, pecans, and sweet potatoes made the soil rich again.
George Washington Carver
The minister who worked to find ways for people of all colors to live together peacefully?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
______ stories may seem real, but some information is made up.
Fiction
Spent her life caring for others by providing care, food, clothing, and shelter
Mother Teresa
This hero created the State of Israel and became the first woman to be the leader of Israel.
Golda Meir
Who discovered a metal used in X-rays?
Marie Curie
The first African-American baseball player
Jackie Robinson
Are biographies fiction or nonfiction?
Nonfiction
This president of the U.S. volunteered with his wife to build homes for people.
President Jimmy Carter
Who discovered a way to store blood for longer periods of time?
Charles Drew
Used math to explain new ideas about light and space?
Albert Einstein
People who have _______ face danger bravely.
Courage
What is one example of how you know a book is fiction?
The answer may vary.
A ________ spends their free time making things better for people.
Volunteer
The place where Charles Drew stored blood.